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Testing the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 glasses for the past week, after two years of wearing the original Ray-Ban Metas on and off, has made it immediately clear that Meta significantly improved these glasses in key ways — but left the core experience (and some of my old complaints) unchanged. Meta handed out the Gen 2s like candy at Connect …

The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max appears to be a better gaming device than the iPhone 17 Pro Max. (Image Source: AnRan0420 on Weibo) The Xiaomi 17 Pro Max and Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max are the two most powerful smartphones on the market at the moment. Gaming tests show, however, that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5-powered phone holds consistent …

A myriad of differences exist between the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and its immediate predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, with one of the most notable being support for faster storage. In case you have not guessed it already, we are referring to UFS 4.1 support, and thanks to this massive change, the Galaxy S26 could receive a performance and efficiency …

Update from September 26, 2025:Despite OnePlus’ claims, the OnePlus 15 won’t be the first smartphone featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. That honor will go to the Xiaomi 17 series, which is already available for preorders and it’ll be launched in China on September 27. OnePlus still has the opportunity to be the first brand to launch a Snapdragon …

TL;DR Xiaomi has launched the Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. These are the first Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 phones, while also offering gigantic batteries. The Pro phones also have secondary rear screens for camera previews, gaming, and more. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor was announced yesterday, and Xiaomi has now launched the …

Qualcomm recently announced its newest high-end chips. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is its most advanced smartphone chip ever, and it will be used in the Galaxy S26 series next year. Besides exceptional performance, it is also the world’s first chip to use Samsung’s APV video codec that aims to compete with Apple’s ProRes codec. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen …

Rushil Agrawal / Android Authority TL;DR OnePlus has confirmed that it’ll launch the world’s first phone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor. The new chipset is one rung below the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip. A OnePlus executive added that this phone will launch “globally.” Qualcomm has just launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, which is …

With Qualcomm’s newest processor finally official, Android OEMs aren’t holding back from teasing their respective next-gen hardware. We already knew the OnePlus 15 was on its way, but with today’s early reveal, we’re already starting to piece together what this new flagship looks like. OnePlus is keeping its cards close to the chest on this one — no official renders …

Qualcomm has launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which the company claims is the “world’s faster mobile system-on-a-chip.” It was designed for flagship devices for manufacturers and smartphone brands that don’t make their own mobile platforms, with the first devices equipped with the SoC launching in the coming days. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is powered by the …

Qualcomm has formally unveiled its latest flagship SoC, destined for Android flagships in the very near future: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. The name was revealed by way of a blog post last week, and if it seems like the company skipped forward a generation or two, that’s kind of the point. It features a third-generation Oryon CPU with …